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July 17, 2005

This always seems to be...

...the worst part of the year from a book-buying point of view; nothing seems to be out that I Simply Must Read. Gaming books ditto, although God knows I buy supplements that I know full well that I won't ever use.

Suggestions for the former welcome; just bear in mind that my favored literary choices usually have an exploding starship on the cover, or fantasy equivalent thereof.

Comments

Huzzah for the Exploding Magical Starship!

(I want a new genre, now: the Transforming Robot High-School Comedy/Drama for Shöjo. Because "Magical Starship Sword of Justice", in the "Magical Girl Pretty Sammy" vein, is too good to pass up. Plus, some part of my brain likes the idea of a giant-robot sparkly-magic transformation sequence, instead of the altogether unimpressive Transformers bit.)

I know it's probably a dumb question, but have you read Bujold's Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls yet? I know you've read Bujold, but you've never mentioned those to my knowledge...

'Kay, in order: I can only dimly see the Deep Wrongness of the Shojo stuff, I buy the Chalion books in hardcover, am reluctant to buy the last Aubrey/Maturin book because... well, then it'd be done, don't you know? - and I have never read a Robert Jordan book in my life. People I know who have weren't impressed.